Han fixes the car every year but smashes it to remind himself of what happened, which makes Dre work much harder in his training in order to help Han forget about the incident. Han tells Dre that he crashed the same car years ago, and that his wife and ten-year-old son were with him and died in the car crash. Dre goes to Han that night and finds Han, apparently drunk, smashing a car he was working on. Han then takes Dre to a temple in the Wudang Mountains where he trained with his father, and Dre witnesses a woman making a cobra reflect her movements and drinks the water from an ancient Chinese well.Īs Dre's friendship with Meiying continues, Dre persuades Meiying to cut school for a day of fun, but when she is nearly late for her violin audition which was brought forward a day without their knowledge, her parents deem him a bad influence and forbid her from spending more time with him.ĭuring the course of their training, Han gives Dre a day off. He teaches this by having Dre go through various actions with his jacket, which teaches Dre muscle memory moves. Han promises to teach Dre kung fu and begins to train Dre by emphasizing movements that apply to life in general, and that serenity and maturity, not punches and power, are the true keys to mastering the martial art. Li accepts the offer, but tells Han that if Dre does not show up during the tournament, he will personally bring pain to Han and Dre. Han instead proposes that Dre compete against Li's students at an open martial arts tournament, and also requests the students leave Dre alone to train in time for the tournament. Li, who teaches his students to show no mercy to their enemies, challenges Dre to a fight with Cheng. Han refuses, but meets Cheng's teacher, Master Li, to make peace. Han comes to Dre's aid, and when Cheng and his friends try to interfere, Han defeats each of them in close combat, revealing himself as a kung fu master.Īfter Han mends Dre's injuries using fire cupping, Dre asks if Mr. During an attack, the maintenance man, Mr. After a day in a park, Dre develops a crush on a young violinist, Meiying, who reciprocates his attention, but another boy Cheng, a rebellious kung fu prodigy whose family is close to Meiying's, attempts to keep them apart by violently attacking Dre, and later bullies him at school. Han (Chan), a kung fu master who teaches him the secrets of self-defense.ĭre Parker and his mother Sherry Parker move from Detroit to Beijing after Sherry gets a job transfer at her car factory.

He makes an unlikely ally in the form of an aging maintenance man, Mr. Henson) and runs afoul of the neighborhood bully (Zhenwei Wang). The plot concerns 12-year-old Dre (Smith) from Detroit, Michigan who moves to Beijing, China with his mother (Taraji P. The Karate Kid received mixed reviews and it earned $359.1 million on a $40 million budget. The Karate Kid was released theatrically worldwide on Jby Sony Pictures. Principal photography took place in Beijing, China, and filming began in July 2009 and ended on October 16, 2009. It is an international co-production between China, Hong Kong, and the United States. The film's music was composed by James Horner. Unlike the original, this remake is set in the People's Republic of China, and features Kung Fu instead of Japanese Karate. The screenplay by Christopher Murphey was from the story written by Robert Mark Kamen for the original 1984 film of the same name. Henson in lead roles, and it was produced by Jerry Weintraub, James Lassiter, Ken Stovitz and Jaden's parents Will and Jada. It stars Jaden Smith, Jackie Chan and Taraji P.

Photo src: The Karate Kid is a 2010 family martial arts drama film directed by Harald Zwart.

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